Paul Michael Barry is a British songwriter and musician. Some of his best-known songs include "Believe

Believe (Cher song)

"Believe" is a song by American recording artist Cher. It was released on November 24, 1998 as the lead single from her twenty-third studio album of the same name. It was written by Brian Higgins, Stuart McLennen, Paul Barry, Steven Torch, Matthew Gray, and Timothy Powell and produced by Mark...

" by Cher

Cher

Cher is an American recording artist, television personality, actress, director, record producer and philanthropist. Referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globes and a Cannes Film Festival Award among others for her work in...

, and "Hero

Hero (Enrique Iglesias song)

"Hero" is a single released by Enrique Iglesias from his second English album Escape and was written for his good friend Simon Baxendale, by Iglesias, Paul Barry and Mark Taylor. Enrique first released the song to radio in early September 2001 to a positive critical and commercial reception...

" and "Bailamos

Bailamos

"Bailamos" is a Latin pop song from singer Enrique Iglesias, sung in English and Spanish. It was the debut single of Iglesias in the English-language market, and attained immense success, reaching the #1 spot in the Billboard Hot 100....

" by Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer, a son of singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa...

. He has won three Ivor Novello Awards

Ivor Novello Awards

The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Cardiff born entertainer Ivor Novello, are awards for songwriting and composing. They are presented annually in London by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors and were first introduced in 1955.Nicknamed The Ivors, the awards take place...

 and ASCAP PRS writer of the year 2000. He has scored three U.S. number-one singles, as well as other number-ones around the world.

His songs have been recorded by Lionel Richie

Lionel Richie

Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Since 1968, he has been a member of the musical group Commodores signed to Motown Records...

, James Morrison

James Morrison (singer)

James Morrison is a BRIT Award-winning English singer-songwriter and guitarist from Rugby, Warwickshire. In 2006, his debut single "You Give Me Something" became a hit in Europe, Australia, and Japan, peaking in the top five in the UK and New Zealand. His debut album, Undiscovered, debuted at the...

, Celine Dion

Celine Dion

Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...

, Ricky Martin

Ricky Martin

Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...

, Lemar

Lemar

Lemar Obika , professionally known simply as Lemar, is an English recording artist. Obika has had a run of chart success in the UK, Europe and Australia...

, Craig David

Craig David

Craig Ashley David is an English singer and songwriter. He has released five studio albums: Born to Do It, Slicker Than Your Average, The Story Goes..., Trust Me, Signed Sealed Delivered and a Greatest Hits album...

, Tina Turner

Tina Turner

Tina Turner is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have led many to call her the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the...

, Britney Spears

Britney Spears

Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...

, Mica Paris

Mica Paris

Mica Paris is an English soul singer, radio and television presenter, and occasional actress. Her forename is pronounced Misha.-Beginnings:Paris' roots are in soul and gospel music...

, Rod Stewart

Rod Stewart

Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE is a British singer-songwriter and musician, born and raised in North London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English ancestry....

, Lara Fabian

Lara Fabian

Lara Fabian is a Belgian-Italian international singer who also holds Canadian citizenship. Multilingual, she sings in French, Italian and English....

, Ronan Keating

Ronan Keating

Ronan Patrick John Keating is an Irish recording artist, singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist. Keating debuted on the professional music scene alongside Keith Duffy, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch and Stephen Gately, in 1994 as the lead singer of Boyzone. His solo career started in 1999, and...

, Esmee Denters

Esmée Denters

Esmée Denters is a Dutch singer-songwriter. She was a regular cover-artist on video-sharing website YouTube on which she covered songs by contemporary musicians like Justin Timberlake and Natasha Bedingfield....

 and JLS

JLS

- Music :* JLS, an English boyband** JLS , debut album by JLS* JLS a Spanish Rock band based in Zaragoza , Spain formed in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic by lead Leo Susana.- Organizations :...

, among others.

Songwriting career

Barry has five songs on the multi-platinum Cher

Cher

Cher is an American recording artist, television personality, actress, director, record producer and philanthropist. Referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globes and a Cannes Film Festival Award among others for her work in...

 LP Believe, including “Strong Enough

Strong Enough (Cher song)

"Strong Enough" is a song by American recording artist Cher from her twenty-third studio album Believe . The song was released as the second single from the album. It was released on May 4, 1999 by Warner Bros, and WEA. The song's composition and musical style is very strong modern 80's disco music...

” and "Believe”. He has also co-written more songs for Cher including "Song for the Lonely

Song for the Lonely

"Song for the Lonely", also known as " A Song for the Lonely", is a single and track by American singer-actress Cher from her 25th studio album, Living Proof. It was released in 2002 by Warner Bros. and WEA...

” and "The Music's No Good Without You

The Music's No Good Without You

"The Music's No Good Without You" is the first European and second Americansingle by American singer-actress Cher from her twenty-fifth studio album, Living Proof. It was released in the end of 2001 by Warner Bros, and WEA...

" from the Living Proof album. Barry worked with Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer, a son of singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa...

, initially writing for and later collaborating with him. He has been a source of eight singles from four albums for Iglesias: "Hero", "Bailamos” and "Be With You

Be with You (Enrique Iglesias song)

"Be with You" is a dance/pop song performed by singer Enrique Iglesias. It was co-written by Iglesias and, produced by Mark Taylor and Brian Rawling, the team responsible for Cher's hit song "Believe". Iglesias once stated that he initially came up with the lyrics of the song while taking a break...

", the latter two songs reaching the number one spot on the US Billboard Hot 100. "Hero" stayed at number three in the US for four weeks, and was number one in the UK and several other countries. Other hits include "Rhythm Divine

Rhythm Divine

"Rhythm Divine" is the title of the first single released by Enrique Iglesias from his first English language album Enrique. The track was written and produced by the same team who did his breakthrough single "Bailamos", Paul Barry, Mark Taylor and Brian Rawling...

", "Love to See You Cry

Love to See You Cry

"Love to See You Cry" is the third single released from Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias' second English-language studio album, Escape. The song was written by Mark Taylor, Enrique Iglesias, Paul Barry and Steve Torch, and produced by Lester Mendez...

" and "Not in Love

Not in Love

"Not in Love" is a pop song performed by Enrique Iglesias and Kelis. The song was written by Enrique Iglesias, Paul Barry, Mark Taylor and Fernando Garibay for Iglesias' seventh studio album, 7 . The album version features Iglesias's vocals only, with the radio/single mix featuring an extra verse...

" (featuring Kelis

Kelis

Kelis Rogers Kelis Rogers Kelis Rogers (born August 21, 1971 is an American musical artist. She is a BRIT Award, Q Award and NME Award winner and has been nominated for two Grammy Awards. She has had nine top 10 singles on the UK Singles Chart...

).
Barry worked with Lionel Richie for his Renaissance

Renaissance (Lionel Richie album)

Renaissance is Lionel Richie's sixth studio album, which was released on October 16, 2000. Bonus tracks on international albums include "Shout It To The World", "Just Can't Say Goodbye", and "Angel ." "Tonight" was produced by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins.-Track listing:#"Angel" — 4:15#"Cinderella"...

album, co-writing six songs, including the singles "Angel", "Don’t Stop the Music" and "Tender Heart", then on five songs for Richie's Just for You album, including the title track.

He co-wrote the Bryan McFadden/Delta Goodrem

Delta Goodrem

Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...

 duet "Almost Here

Almost Here (song)

"Almost Here" is a pop ballad by Irish singer Brian McFadden and Australian singer Delta Goodrem. Written by McFadden, Paul Barry and Mark Taylor, and produced by Taylor, the song appears on McFadden's debut album, Irish Son, and on Goodrem's second studio album, Mistaken Identity...

", which first brought the two artists together, and was number one in Ireland and Australia, as well as number three in the UK. More recently Barry worked with James Morrison on two songs for his Songs for You, Truths for Me

Songs for You, Truths for Me

Songs for You, Truths for Me is the second album by English singer, songwriter and guitarist James Morrison, released on 26 September 2008. The album was a commercial success in the UK where it entered the album charts at number three and in Ireland where it topped the charts...

album, including the first single "You Make It Real

You Make It Real

"You Make It Real" is the sixth single by James Morrison, and the first from his second album, Songs for You, Truths for Me. The single was released on 22 September 2008; a week before the release of the album. The song was covered by Akon on the Live Lounge on BBC Radio 1...

". He also contributed two songs to JLS

JLS

- Music :* JLS, an English boyband** JLS , debut album by JLS* JLS a Spanish Rock band based in Zaragoza , Spain formed in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic by lead Leo Susana.- Organizations :...

 debut album JLS

JLS (album)

JLS is the debut album from English boy band JLS. The album was released in the UK on 9 November 2009 by Epic Records. It was preceded by the lead single, "Beat Again" on 13 July 2009. The album debuted at number-one in the UK and Ireland. It has been certified four times platinum in the UK, where...

.

Selected singles discography

Artist	Song	Notes
Cher Cher Cher is an American recording artist, television personality, actress, director, record producer and philanthropist. Referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globes and a Cannes Film Festival Award among others for her work in...	"Believe Believe (Cher song) "Believe" is a song by American recording artist Cher. It was released on November 24, 1998 as the lead single from her twenty-third studio album of the same name. It was written by Brian Higgins, Stuart McLennen, Paul Barry, Steven Torch, Matthew Gray, and Timothy Powell and produced by Mark... "	US #1, UK #1
	"Strong Enough Strong Enough (Cher song) "Strong Enough" is a song by American recording artist Cher from her twenty-third studio album Believe . The song was released as the second single from the album. It was released on May 4, 1999 by Warner Bros, and WEA. The song's composition and musical style is very strong modern 80's disco music... "	US dance #1, UK #5
	"All Or Nothing All or Nothing (Cher song) "All or Nothing" is the third international single by American singer-actress Cher from her twenty-third studio album, Believe. It was released in 1999 by Warner Bros, and WEA.-Song information:... "	US dance #1, UK #12
	"Dov'è l'amore Dov'è L'Amore "Dov'è l'amore" is the fourth international single by American singer-actress Cher from her twenty-third studio album, Believe. It was released on July 6, 1999 by Warner Bros, and WEA.-Music video:... "	US dance #1
	"The Music's No Good Without You The Music's No Good Without You "The Music's No Good Without You" is the first European and second Americansingle by American singer-actress Cher from her twenty-fifth studio album, Living Proof. It was released in the end of 2001 by Warner Bros, and WEA... "	UK #8
	"Song for the Lonely Song for the Lonely "Song for the Lonely", also known as " A Song for the Lonely", is a single and track by American singer-actress Cher from her 25th studio album, Living Proof. It was released in 2002 by Warner Bros. and WEA... "	US dance #1
Enrique Iglesias Enrique Iglesias Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer, a son of singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa...	"Bailamos Bailamos "Bailamos" is a Latin pop song from singer Enrique Iglesias, sung in English and Spanish. It was the debut single of Iglesias in the English-language market, and attained immense success, reaching the #1 spot in the Billboard Hot 100.... "	US #1, UK #4
	"Be With You Be with You (Enrique Iglesias song) "Be with You" is a dance/pop song performed by singer Enrique Iglesias. It was co-written by Iglesias and, produced by Mark Taylor and Brian Rawling, the team responsible for Cher's hit song "Believe". Iglesias once stated that he initially came up with the lyrics of the song while taking a break... "	US #1
	"Hero Hero (Enrique Iglesias song) "Hero" is a single released by Enrique Iglesias from his second English album Escape and was written for his good friend Simon Baxendale, by Iglesias, Paul Barry and Mark Taylor. Enrique first released the song to radio in early September 2001 to a positive critical and commercial reception... "	US #3, UK #1
	"Rhythm Divine Rhythm Divine "Rhythm Divine" is the title of the first single released by Enrique Iglesias from his first English language album Enrique. The track was written and produced by the same team who did his breakthrough single "Bailamos", Paul Barry, Mark Taylor and Brian Rawling... "	US #32
	"Love to See You Cry Love to See You Cry "Love to See You Cry" is the third single released from Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias' second English-language studio album, Escape. The song was written by Mark Taylor, Enrique Iglesias, Paul Barry and Steve Torch, and produced by Lester Mendez... "	UK #12
	"To Love a Woman To Love a Woman "To Love A Woman" is the sixth and final single to be released from Spanish singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias' second English studio album, Escape. The song features vocals from Lionel Richie, however, the single is credited as Enrique being the guest artist... "	featuring Lionel Richie
	"Not in Love Not in Love "Not in Love" is a pop song performed by Enrique Iglesias and Kelis. The song was written by Enrique Iglesias, Paul Barry, Mark Taylor and Fernando Garibay for Iglesias' seventh studio album, 7 . The album version features Iglesias's vocals only, with the radio/single mix featuring an extra verse... "	featuring Kelis Kelis Kelis Rogers Kelis Rogers Kelis Rogers (born August 21, 1971 is an American musical artist. She is a BRIT Award, Q Award and NME Award winner and has been nominated for two Grammy Awards. She has had nine top 10 singles on the UK Singles Chart... , US dance #1, UK #5
	Addicted Addicted (Enrique Iglesias song) "Addicted" is a pop song by singer Enrique Iglesias. It was the first single from his album 7.-Song information:Iglesias claims he wrote the song while on tour in East Germany on a dismal day when he was inspired by the Gothic Architecture. It was a modest hit in the UK where it charted within the... "	UK #11
Lionel Richie Lionel Richie Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Since 1968, he has been a member of the musical group Commodores signed to Motown Records...	"Angel"
	"Just for You"
Lara Fabian Lara Fabian Lara Fabian is a Belgian-Italian international singer who also holds Canadian citizenship. Multilingual, she sings in French, Italian and English....	"I Will Love Again I Will Love Again "I Will Love Again" is a song by the Belgian singer Lara Fabian. It was released as the second single of her self-titled album.The Dance-pop song was her first English single. It reached #1 on the U.S... "	US #32, US dance #1
James Morrison James Morrison (singer) James Morrison is a BRIT Award-winning English singer-songwriter and guitarist from Rugby, Warwickshire. In 2006, his debut single "You Give Me Something" became a hit in Europe, Australia, and Japan, peaking in the top five in the UK and New Zealand. His debut album, Undiscovered, debuted at the...	"You Make It Real You Make It Real "You Make It Real" is the sixth single by James Morrison, and the first from his second album, Songs for You, Truths for Me. The single was released on 22 September 2008; a week before the release of the album. The song was covered by Akon on the Live Lounge on BBC Radio 1... "	UK #7
Bryan McFadden and Delta Goodrem Delta Goodrem Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...	"Almost Here Almost Here (song) "Almost Here" is a pop ballad by Irish singer Brian McFadden and Australian singer Delta Goodrem. Written by McFadden, Paul Barry and Mark Taylor, and produced by Taylor, the song appears on McFadden's debut album, Irish Son, and on Goodrem's second studio album, Mistaken Identity... "	UK #3, AUS #1
Lemar Lemar Lemar Obika , professionally known simply as Lemar, is an English recording artist. Obika has had a run of chart success in the UK, Europe and Australia...	"Someone Should Tell You Someone Should Tell You "Someone Should Tell You" was the second single taken from British R&B singer Lemar's third album The Truth About Love.Before the single's release, "Someone Should Tell You" followed the success of "It's Not That Easy" in the UK airplay charts by climbing into the top 10, peaking at #10... "	UK #11
Craig David Craig David Craig Ashley David is an English singer and songwriter. He has released five studio albums: Born to Do It, Slicker Than Your Average, The Story Goes..., Trust Me, Signed Sealed Delivered and a Greatest Hits album...	"Unbelievable Unbelievable (Craig David song) "Unbelievable" is the third single from British R&B artist Craig David's third album The Story Goes.... The third single from The Story Goes... was rumoured to be a double A-side of fan-favourites, "Hypnotic" and "Johnny", however it was "Unbelievable" that was chosen. It became one of David's... "	UK #18
Celine Dion Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...	"Stand by Your Side Stand by Your Side "Stand by Your Side" is a song by Céline Dion, released on September 29, 2003 as the third single in the United States from her album One Heart.... "
Natalie Bassingthwaighte Natalie Bassingthwaighte Natalie Bassingthwaighte is an Australian actress, singer-songwriter and television personality. She began her career as an actress on the television series All Saints. She then starred in the American television movie Counterstrike...	"Someday Soon Someday Soon (Natalie Bassingthwaighte song) "Someday Soon" is the second single by Natalie Bassingthwaighte, taken from her debut album 1000 Stars. It was added to radio on 15 December 2008... "	AUS #7
The Tamperer	"Hammer to the Heart"	UK #6
Gina G Gina G -Albums:*1997 Fresh! — #12 UK #40 Norway.*1998 Gina G Remix Album *2005 Get Up & Dance -Singles:...	"Fresh!"	UK #6
	"Ti Amo"	UK #11
Rod Stewart Rod Stewart Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE is a British singer-songwriter and musician, born and raised in North London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English ancestry....	"Don't Come Around Here"	featuring Helicopter Girl Helicopter Girl Helicopter Girl is the stage name of Jackie Joyce, a musician from Perth, Scotland. Her first album was 2000's How to Steal the World, which was nominated for a Mercury Music Prize...
Monrose Monrose Monrose was a German pop band, first established in November 2006. Formed on the fifth installment of the German adaption of the international television talent show Popstars on the ProSieben network, the trio consisted of singers and songwriters Mandy Capristo, Senna Guemmour, and Bahar...	"This Is Me This Is Me (Monrose song) "This Is Me" is a dance-pop song by all-female German band Monrose. It was written by Mich Hansen, Jonas Jeberg, Paul Barry and former All Saints band member Shaznay Lewis... "

Awards

• ASCAP PRS, Writer of the year 2000
• ASCAP PRS, Song of the year 1999 "Believe"
• ASCAP PRS, Song of the year 2002 "Hero"
• IVOR NOVELLO, Best Song musically/lyrically 1998 "Believe"
• IVOR NOVELLO, Best Selling UK single 1998 "Believe"
• IVOR NOVELLO, International Hit of the year 1998 "Believe"
• Nominated - IVOR NOVELLO, International Hit of year 2001 "Hero"
• Nominated - IVOR NOVELLO, Best Selling UK single 2002 "Hero"
• Grammy Awards, Best Dance Song 2000 "Believe"
• Nominated Best, Dance Song 2001 "Be with You"
• Nominated Best, Dance Song 2002 "Angel"

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• http://swisscharts.com/showperson.asp?name=Paul+Barry
• http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/prs/
• http://www.umusicpub.com/news_readmore.aspx?ID=1406